Which Desktop OS Are You? IT Pro Personality Quiz

You don't have time for cute little Facebook quizzes. But in your grizzled IT career, an OS or two has rubbed off on you: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, or Chrome OS?

Windows 8.1: Visual Tour

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Your IT career has been an odyssey from server jockey to architect to having the C-suite in your sights. You can't help but see the parallel in how end-user computing's evolved from clunky beige CRT monitors to laptops to ultrabooks.

You've made a big data plan, calmly explained why the sales manager can't carry the complete customer database around on his personal iPhone, and managed through zero-based budgets and the public cloud go-go days.

Somewhere along the line, you've let an operating system or two rub off on you. The question is: Which one? Take our quiz to find out.

1. What are you wearing right now? a. Collared shirt and chinos b. An ironic Woot tee and cargo shorts c. Why do you want to know?

7. What are your drinks of choice? a. Bud Light mostly, a nice Merlot on special occasions b. SBux vegan soy latte, maybe a Shaken Iced Passion Tea Lemonade if I'm feeling frisky c. Red Bull with a side shot of Jack. Mountain Dew if it's close to bedtime

8. What's the last thing you do before going to sleep? a. Brush and floss my teeth thoroughly b. Hatha yoga and meditate on the oneness of all things c. Set up some tripwires and tack a blanket over the window to keep the sunlight out

Sachin, Of course this was all tongue-in-cheek, but I think Chrome is pretty different from the Windows and OS X, esp the way it resets every time you reboot. To me, that's a security win. Thus the "post modern" comment. Thanks for reading!

@ Brian.Dean, I don't really understand what is really postmodern about Chrome OS which in my opinion has a long way to go to become a reliable operating system. Such a post telling the additional features of Windows 8.1 would be very useful for hesitant users. I don't want to look like a Windows 8.1 promoter but I would really like to explore more about it.

@ danielcawrey, that's been the problem with Microsoft even since they launched Windows 8. They seem to be confused about where to go from there. There was a considerable amount of clamoring from users about the new user interface and Microsoft could never decide whether to stick to its new UI or provide some fixes. They had better taken some clear direction.

Yep...Windows 95 was what prompted me to ditch MS operating systems on my personal equipment. I've never liked to be dictated to and definitely preferered an optional GUI to a mandatory one. Ironically, I fled to OS/2 (at least the GUI was better) and went to Linux from there. But I had already started using UNIX professionally before Windows 95 came out, which made Linux all the more appealing to me.

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